Fountain-brush.



. 1% $11,272. PATENTBD JAN. 30, 1906.

G. L. BELG'HER.

FOUNTAIN BRUSH. APPLIOATION FILED porn. 26,1904.

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- Application filed October 26, 190% Elerial No. 230,122-

.To all/ whom it may concern.-

- lie it known that I, Greener L. BnLcnnn, acitizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State. of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fountain-Brushes,

' My invention relates to ountainbrushes; and it consists of the parts and the construc tions andcombinations oi parts,whichlwill hereinafter describe and claim.

The figure is a section oi nry brush.

/ A represents a compressible tubular container which is preferably made oi sort or moderately flexible rubber or other similarly elastic substance, with a hard-rubber or inflexible threaded end portion a, adapted to receive the socket 2, carrying the bristles 3, Fig. l.

A follower a of any suitable size, shape, and material is contained in the tubular part A and is movable therein by a simple com-- pression of the tube on one side or the othe'r oi the follower.

in practice I have made a container or loan; die for a brush oi. a piece of rubber tubing and improved employed an ordinary marble for a follower.

The follower should be. of suilicicntly greater diameter than the normal interior bore of the container, so that the follower will have a snug lit therein to prevent the passage of any paste around the follower. The outer end of the'handle behind the follower is open or partly open,as shown, leaving a suitable air-vent 5. A suitable preferably tapered passage-way 6 is provided central of the bristles to allow the contents of the handle when compressed by the iollower to pass out into the bristles to term a lather. The bristles may be secured by any oil. the usual and suitable methods practiced in the art of brush-making.

l prefer to employ a handle of rubber to contaih' thepastc, since rubber possesses that elasticproperty which allows it to resume its original shape on the release of pressure, and so permit of its bein charged and dis charged an indefinite 'nimiber or times.

The inherent elasticit of the handle, aided by the ball or follower a hd the body of paste, the natural shape of the handle and always givethe operator a good grip on the break, while the vent 5 allows airf; to enter behind the follower to en able the elasticwalls to spring out and resome their original shape.

When the follower has been pressed to its farthest forward point of movement, the bandle can be unscrewed from the socket, the follower pressed back to the end of the handle adjacent to vent 5, the reservoir filled afresh, and the handle aqain screwed onto the socket ready for hurt or use.

While l have described my invention as more particularly applied to a fountainbrush, it is possible that various modifications in and applications of my invention maybe made without departing from the principle thereof, and I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to and application. herein shown and described.

I Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters. l?at. ent, is-- V 1. A fountain-brush comprising a tubular handle, a socket provided with bristles, and a follower reciprocable in the handle said handle being of compressible material capable of resuming its original tubular form on the re lease of pressure.

2. A fountain-brush having in combination a tubular handle, a socket connected to the handle and provided with bristles, and a spherical lorcin device contained within the chamber oi the macho, 'for supplying the contents of the latter to the bristles, said. handle composed oi flexible material. whereby it is capable of resuming a normal tubular form behind the lollower on the release of pressure.

3. ll fountain-brush having in cornbination a hollow handle portion capable of an tomatically resuming; a normal tubular term Hitter compression, a socket having bristles communicating with the chamber of the han die, a spherical forcing device operable in the handle to supply the contents thereof to the bristles, and lmeans for venting the portion of the handle back of the forcing device.

42. A fountain brush comprising a flexible tubular part, a follower contained in said part and of greater external diameter than. the normal interior diameter of the tubular part and a brush connected with the latter.

5. A fountain brush comprising a handle portion of compressible elastic material, a follower of larger diameter than the normal borsol the handle and a brush secured to I the specific construction I lOO said handle and having a central opening communicating withthe interior of the handle. .1

A fountain-brush comprising a handle of collapsible material capable of automatic expansion after compression and having a rigid screw-threaded partat one end for the a'ttechment'of a brush, a removable brushsocket fitting said screw-blueaded part, a

brush carried by said' socket and having a passage-way communicating With the mt-e- 1 rior of the handle and a follower reciprocal in i the handle and hav ng a diameter greater than the normal lnterior diameter of the hendle. 4

In testimony whereof I have herennto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

GILBERT L. BELCHER.

Witnesses W. T. Hess, C. G. BALL. 

